While the adoption of a number of binding and non-binding international instruments by international organizations or regional fishery management bodies had changed the nature and location of IUU fishing, it had nonetheless continued. One reason was that few States had ratified and implemented those instruments.
Aunque los numerosos instrumentos internacionales vinculantes y no vinculantes adoptados por organizaciones internacionales u órganos regionales de ordenación de la pesca han alterado la naturaleza de la pesca ilícita, no declarada y no reglamentada y los lugares donde se realiza, esa práctica no ha cesado.